I.W.W. TRIALS IN SYDNEY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 285, 21 August 1918, Page 7

I.W.W. TRIALS IN SYDNEY

SCULLY EXAMINED

CONFLICTING STATEMENTS

(Rcc. August 20, 11,5 p.m. j Sydney, August 20. < The I.W.W. Commission is creating in- \ tense interest. Crowds flocked to hear ; the evidence of Scully, who appeared jind i denied the alleged arrangement withttho i Crown to leave the country. Ho want away because he desired to mako a fresh^^i start elsewhere. In the final settlement j lie received .£375 10s., including his sal- ' i ary. Witness identified the statement given by Judd, containing a digest of the ' case from his point of view, which ho ! then believed was trno and honesbicom- ' | ment. He swore at the trial that he he- : lieved that several of the accused were 1 innocent, whereas he expressed the opin- j ion that others were guilty. He denied i stating that a great deal of the evidence '' j had been framed up by tho detectives or ! that if a Hoyal Commission were appoint- ! ed he would give evidence to sustain tho i belief that n. miscarriage of justice had j occurred.—Press Assn.